Simeily Rodríguez

• Led a team of over 30 professionals across three hubs: Panama, Budapest, and Kuala Lumpur.
• Supported regions worldwide: North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
• Streamlined operations to enhance efficiency and automate tasks.
• Developed strategic initiatives to optimize resource allocation and stakeholder services.
• Implemented career progression plans aimed at upskilling and fostering collaboration.

• Lead a team to provide support to the North America Sales organization, managing operational expenses of $2B annually.
• Manage core processes of planning, outlook, and close to track performance vs. plan.
• Focused on driving efficiencies through current process improvements and new process implementations (i.e., RPA – Robotic Process Automation).
• High level of leadership effectiveness, managing a team with 93% employee satisfaction.
• Support the month-end and year-end close process.

Delivered financial expertise to WW DCS (Storage) Commercial Business generating annual revenue of approximately $6 billion. (Apr 2018 - Sept 2018)

• Coordinated outlook scenarios, business reviews, and budget preparation for DCS operations.
• Collaborated with Sales Strategy & Planning team to offer financial expertise in WW DCS organization.

Supported financial planning and analysis activities for a $14 billion annual revenue segment under the North America Commercial Business unit. (International Assignment from March 2017 to March 2018)

• Oversaw the CGS annual plan.
• Developed in-depth knowledge of key drivers impacting Client Solutions business.
• Managed operational expenses in areas such as Compensation & Benefits, Travel & Entertainment, Services, and Marketing for the CSG Marketing team.
• Delivered periodic executive presentations highlighting financial performance, key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Strengthened internal controls by developing and documenting business processes.

Managed the operational expenses budget of $800 million a year for the NA Commercial Business, leading nine team members. (Feb 2016 - Mar 2017)

• Enabled financial transparency and predictability at the North America segments level by preparing monthly and quarterly reporting, providing finance controllers with the actual performance update, highlighting the main operational expenses drivers, explaining the variances versus outlooks and forecasts, and advising on areas of opportunity.
• Collaborated with Accounting leads to implement best practices.
• Designed methodologies and models for target setting and budget distribution.
• Drove the budget plan and outlook in cooperation with the business and finance leadership team. Lead operational expenses reviews with Finance Controllers, Accounting, Sales Compensation, and Finance Share Services to understand quarterly projections, collecting inputs for Bad Debt, Sales Financing Fees, Compensation and Benefits, travel, and entertainment, among others. Understanding the key drivers, risks, and opportunities in the outlook, challenges in the business, and cooperating with the business partners on action plans to overcome those challenges.
• Established the financial organizational structure and procedures for the assigned business group.

• Oversaw planning cycle for Client Solutions and Brazil CSES, covering forecasts, outlooks, and closures.
• Provided analysis of actuals vs. forecast and previous periods.
• Conducted quarterly evaluations of market share.
• Analyzed variances comprehensively to reveal trends and detect potential areas for improvement.
• Compiled and delivered executive presentations on unit performance metrics.

• Finance and Internal Audit Program where professionals with high potential, participate on regional/global projects, developing leadership and several competencies through continuous exposure to different challenges in different business areas and regions
• Project # 1 - Year End Financial Audit (YEFA) T3FY13 – South American Countries Provide financial assurance and review operational processes related to Balance Sheet Accounts from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru
• Compliance with GAAP rules and internal policies
• Project# 2 – Channels Partners Audit LatAm T1FY14 – Latin American Countries Assess the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of operational processes around Third Party business relationship in LatAm region

• Reviewed potential deals with prominent companies and state authorities in the LATAM territory.